Example
Static server assets must be placed in the private directory.
Text files
Text files can be accessed by using the Assets.getText(assetPath, [asyncCallback]) method. For example, the following JSON file is named my_text_asset.json and is located in the private directory:
{
"title": "Meteor Assets",
"type": "object",
"users": [{
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Doe"
}, {
"firstName": "Jane",
"lastName": "Doe"
}, {
"firstName": "Matthias",
"lastName": "Eckhart"
}]
}
You can access this file on the server by using the following code:
var myTextAsset = Assets.getText('my_text_asset.json');
var myJSON = JSON.parse(myTextAsset);
console.log(myJSON.title); // prints 'Meteor Assets' in the server's console
Binary files
If you want to access assets on the server as an EJSON binary, use the Assets.getBinary(assetPath, [asyncCallback]) method. Here's a code example for accessing an image named my_image.png which is located in the private/img directory:
var myBinaryAsset = Assets.getBinary('img/my_image.png');
